Incidence of Leptospirosis infection in the East Zone of Sao Paulo City, Brazil

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Miyazato, Kátia Eiko ^a   Fonseca, Alexandre L A ^a   Caputto, Luciana Z ^a   Rocha, Katya C ^b   Azzalis, Ligia A ^c   Junqueira, Virginia B C ^c   Pereira, Edimar C ^c   Chaves, Loide C ^b   Feder, David ^b   Corazzini, Roseli ^b   De Abreu, Luiz Carlos ^b   Valenti, Vitor E ^d   Batista Lacerda, Sheylla Nadjane ^b   Goulart, Flávia C ^b   Fonseca, Fernando L A ^b,c  

^a Instituto de Pesquisa e Educação em Saúde de São Paulo IPESSP   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiological survey; Laboratory methods; Points of flooding; Precipitation index

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FLOODING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84877600777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-23     Document Type: Article

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